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Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan onThursday confessed that taking a visit to India is the toughest Test challenge and pitches don’t make a lot distinction on account of the big top of the range of the hosts. Bangladesh are nonetheless searching for their preliminary Test win versus India provided that 2000, once they initially clashed inDhaka The 2 teams have really performed 14 instances versus every varied different with India successful 12 competitions whereas the persevering with to be 2 completed in attracts.
“If you look at other countries, every now and then they will lose one or two games. But in India, you hardly see them losing in Test matches. So yes, I would say you are right,” Shakib knowledgeable press reporters when requested if an tour to India was definitely the toughest challenge.
“We received towards them within the ODI sequence in Bangladesh, we had been very near win a recreation towards them in a Test match in Bangladesh. In Test cricket, we haven’t bought the success that we’re searching for. Tomorrow we could have one other alternative.
” I believed in spots we performed really nicely inChennai But having said that, ending up the swimsuit in three-and-a-half days had not been good for us. We appeared like we had been a much better group than that. So, we require to disclose that in tomorrow’s swimsuit,” he added.
Bangladesh did extraordinarily nicely to win the Test sequence 2-0 in Pakistan earlier than coming to India, and Shakib drew a comparability between the 2 groups.
“Pakistan is a reasonably brand-new group. In expertise, I would definitely declare, should you try the fits they performed and should you try our group and the fits we’ve really performed, we’ve really obtained additional expertise than them. And in Test cricket I imagine that is a gigantic variable.
“If I discuss India, they’re the primary group within the World Championship at this second. They are in all probability unbeatable at residence. I noticed a stat someplace the place for some 4000 days they’ve been unbeaten in India. So, that reveals how good they’re in India.
“They have actually been succeeding outdoors India also. Any nation that pertained to India locating it tough, we are no various there. But having stated that, we need to play actually well versus them to be able to reveal the battle that we seem like we can place on,” he famous.
Asked if a spin-friendly pitch in Kanpur would assist their trigger, Shakib was clear that tracks usually are not a giant issue on the subject of competing towards high quality groups.
“When you wager a gaggle like India, Australia, England, pitches don’t matter quite a bit because of the truth that they’ll clearly have their software with which they will assault us.
“They will have quality spinners, they will have quality fast bowlers, they will have quality batsmen. So, I don’t think pitch will have any effect. It’s just we have to perform better than what we have done in Chennai.” Shakib exhorted the younger Bangladeshi batters to rack up enormous for the group to be reasonably priced.
“If I discuss batting solely, I believe there was an enchancment. If you see from the primary innings to the second innings. First innings we bowled out for about 150.
“In the 2nd innings, we racked up regarding 250. If we can rack up 350, someplace there, I believe that will certainly be a significant renovation. And 350 to 400 on initial innings will certainly offer us a great deal of self-confidence and the clothing area will certainly really feel a whole lot extra comfy,” he said.
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